Photo by Brendon & Keryn Ross Priory, our Wedding Seven years ago today Keryn and I got married on the shores of Loch Lomond at Ross Priory. We’re older, certainly well travelled and still happy, and lucky for us the cats have got over not being invited to the Wedding. Happy anniversary to us! Photo […]
Recently
Spring is in the air, there is lots or rain and wind about. Photography has taken a back seat recently, coinciding with one of my lenses being sent up to Auckland for repair after the auto focus motor failed. It was an expensive fix, but much cheaper than buying a new lens. Naturally, back seat […]
Catching up on the past: Morocco – Casablanca to Fez
It has popped up on the blog in the past briefly but could do with another visit. In December 2006 we visited Morocco and saw some wonderful sights. We also had some ghastly experiences but I’ll touch on them another time. The trip was taken on another group tour, this time with the company Exodus. […]
Been there before?
The other day there was another interesting sunset over the Pauatahanui inlet and I managed to drag myself up from the chair in the lounge to take a couple of photos. Photo by Brendon & Keryn The setting sun lights up the clouds and hills over the Pauatahanui inlet Having been out to Sinclair Head […]
The Petone Winter Carnival
We again attended the Petone Winter Carnival this year, having enjoyed our visit last time around. We weren’t quite as organised this year and turned up late for the fire sculptures, most of them already alight or finished burning when we finally got to the beach. We got to see the final two burning, the […]
Smaug the Golden
Smaug the Golden is the first in a range of statues being produced by Weta based on the artwork of John Howe, this particular piece coming from illustrations for the Hobbit. I quite enjoyed getting the large box home and then unpacking the statue. We have a small problem in that we don’t really have […]
Mary Victoria & The Weta Cave
Saturday afternoon we headed to the Weta Cave in Miramar. There were three reasons for a visit. We had a Lord of the Rings statue to pick up (more on that later), there was the recent change of displays at the Cave to look over and we timed the visit (I say we, it’s more […]
Zoo Portraits
I sent my big Sigma lens off to be repaired earlier this week and this meant I was using a different lens than what I would normally choose when I visited the zoo on Wednesday. I used my Tamron macro lens the whole time and this leant itself to animal portraits, I was also using […]
Up for dawn
The rain and wind of the last few weeks cleared for a few days so I got out one morning this week to take a few photos. Photo by Brendon & Keryn Looking towards the dawn glow over Lyall Bay, from Tarakena Bay Photo by Brendon & Keryn Looking the other way towards Bearing Head […]
Only if you don’t mind
I’ve gone and entered another popularity contest masquerading as a photo competition and need some votes, stop reading if this isn’t your thing 😉 The travel/social media site Gecko Go has a photo competition in association with Intrepid Travel & Brandt Guides with three trips as prizes, all to places we haven’t been yet. I’ve […]
Sinclair Head Seals
Keryn and I haven’t yet visited the well known Red Rocks on the Wellington south coast so I decided I’d go have a look. The forecast fine day turned out to be grey and drizzly, good walking weather I suppose. I parked at the Owhiro Bay information point and started the walk along the coastal […]
Looking for whales, finding only dolphins
The day after our Auckland photo walk we took advantage of more good weather to book a Hauraki Gulf Safari, the decision aided by Travis and Sophie having obtained very cheap tickets. We barely saw a swell on the four hour trip around the Gulf and it was warm in the sun which was just […]